Thirty Meter Telescope, largest optical lens in the world, approved for construction in Hawaii

Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii where the Thirty Meter Telescope will be completed by 2022. The telescope will be able to look at matter 13 billion light years away.

A new telescope that could explore every corner of the universe got the go-ahead this week at the University of Hawaii.

The telescope, which was approved by the state Board of Land and Natural Resources, will be a partnership between American and Canadian research centers with China, Japan and India coming on as partners.